When I walked through I had to teach him how to be ready with a renovation plan and a detailed scope, which he didnt have, so each bid was what ever these cl hacks wanted to convince him to do, I instructed that market data and ROI rule all decisions, first figure out your selling competition and what the final product must be than the road there is self explanatory, so I fixed his scope.

You could always self-redeem if you find out later in the title work something bad or no neighbors are interested.  

That doesn't necessarily mean you have to self manage, as there are a lot of very bad landlords who self manage.

Here's why: We have a bit of a sub-prime mortgage affect in Canada because our rates are mostly 5 year terms and from 2015 till present we've seen a buying frenzy at extremely low interest rates when these mortgage terms come to maturity there's a few things that will happen that will leave a lot of people in a bad place. 1. interest rates will surely be higher and some people stretch them self just to get their foot in the RE door in the fear of missing out  2.

I started the corporation 5 years ago and have been paying my self as an employee (w2) for the past 2 years. 

Rejecting Kentucky's defense of its turf laws on consumer protection grounds, the court noted that "the complete exclusion of a buyer's broker from the transaction may well render the foreign buyer/lessee more vulnerable to fraud.

I am working with a private money lender who is funding a flip of mine from a Sunwest self-directed IRA.

To self-manage I agree with @Jassem A..  

That's more than the 1%We also self manage and do most of the repair work  and the handi man work and the plumbing work and the kitchen installations our selves.

I am from Houston, Texas , Self-employed Records Management business for over 16 Years.